The National Men’s Handball team finished their preparations on Tuesday afternoon for the match against the Netherlands at 17:15 for the qualification play-offs for the 2025 World Championship.
Everyone in the representative group camp knows the importance of the two games, since the team last participated in a World Championship in 2005 in Tunisia, where they finished sixth.
The task of the national team is very difficult, since the Netherlands is one of the top powers of the sport and with consecutive appearances in the last years in the major competitions.
The “blue and white” needs a good result ahead of the second leg in Eindhoven next Sunday at 17:00.
Giorgos Zaravinas referred to tonight’s match. “We are returning as the men’s national team to Kozani, in a stadium where the national team has made great appearances and won. The whole team feels familiar, I want to thank for the hospitality from the local bodies to the common people. It is a barrage that leads to the final stage of the World after twenty years. This alone shows how motivated the team is.
The Netherlands has been the star in recent years in major competitions. We’ll go step-by-step through these two games. The first goal is to get a good result in the first match and in the second match to see what we can claim there. We must be 100% ready mentally, physically and have a duration of 60′. These groups only need a few minutes of bad concentration to do a lot of damage to you.
We play one of the top teams in offensive transition, which we have to limit and put our own good elements into play. This team where he plays, rallies the sports world, I believe the same will happen tomorrow. The children need this support and that is why I, for my part, want to call the world. I am sure that the athletes will make a sacrifice.”
Savvas Savvas added: “We are very happy to be here and this match will be held in this beautiful stadium. For my part, I want to thank all the agencies for their hospitality. It is the first time I visit Kozani, I have heard very good comments from the team’s previous games.
We have done a very good preparation, we have analyzed our opponent. The team we are playing is not by chance, but, as a national team, we have also raised the “bar”, we have changed the level and we hope in front of a packed stadium to get the result we want, in view of the difficult rematch”.
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